Differences in referral patterns for rural primary care physicians from 2005 to 2016

To examine differences in referral patterns in a nationally representative sample between primary care physicians (PCP) practicing in rural vs nonrural areas and changes over time.Using the 2005-2016 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and multivariate logit regression models, I compare referral patterns of PCPs in rural vs nonrural areas.Multiple years of data were combined.A PCP visit was 1.9 percentage points (95% confidence interval: 0.1...